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What a nice pistol! The Bersa HC model holds 17 rounds. I can't believe you
can buy such a nice pistol for so little money. The trigger should smooth out
with use. I did get a few FTE jams with Winchester white box. Premium ammo was
no problem. After breaking in the recoil spring, the cheap ammo should feed
fine. Accuracy with the 4.2" barrel was above average for a new gun. This is a
popular military and police sidearm in South America. A buddy of mine has an
older Bersa 9mm with about 3000 trouble free rounds through it. The Bersa
Thunder 380 is a blowback-operated auto pistol strongly resembling a Walther.
THe Bersa is moderately small. Should be OK for concealed carry. Its
lighter than a Walther, due to an aluminum frame. It has a magazine safety--
wont fire with the magazine removed-- which the Walther didnt. Instead of a
rear-hinged trigger guard as the takedown device, it has a simpler takedown
lever on the right side of the frame above the front of the trigger guard.
Finally, its grip flares back over the web of the hand more than my old PPK
did, and I believe the distance between the web of your hand and the slide is
greater. In any case, the main reason Im shooting a Bersa instead of the Walther
I once had is that the Walthers slide bit my hand every time I fired the thing
while the Bersas doesn't. Something to consider if you have ham hands like mine.
The mag that came with it has a plastic extension to provide a place to put the
little finger, another Waltheresque feature. I don t care for this. It makes the
pistol bigger, harming concealability, and for my large hands it doesn t make
the grip any more comfortable.
Also I read in someone else s review this plastic piece can break. I got a
couple all-steel, flat-bottomed Pro-Mag magazines for the Bersa. They work fine.
If your like me prefer a flat-bottomed all steel magazine, there you are. The
barrel serves as guide rod. The recoil spring is coiled around the barrel. The
profile of the weapon and even the wavy pattern engraved along the sight rib
atop the slide are pure Walther. Recoil is mild. I only fired about 200 rounds
of mixed hardball and hollowpoint so far but had no malfunctions. I am not a
good shot but at the seven-yard pistol course distance I could shoot hand-sized
groups as-rapid-as-i-am-fire, inch or two groups resting on a bench. Sights are
fixed blade, rear adjustable for windage only, three-dot system. The trigger is
excellent, lighter than I expected on double action, perfectly crisp and the
proper weight for single action. But I tried all the ones in the store and
picked the best. Do that too if they let you. None of them were really bad, and
most of them might have improved with cleaning and use, but they do vary. Might
as well get a good one. Putting mondo bux into trigger work on a bargain
autopistol sort of defeats the purpose.
I cant help thinking Bersa is now where Taurus was before it started going
big. They have a good product and the word is starting to get out. This is a
good servicable piece with good fit and finish, and a heck of a buy at the
moment. I am minimally concerned about long term reliability due to the pistols
aluminum frame, but dont really expect trouble here. I cant promise you wont be
disappointed if you buy one, but i
wasnt.
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What a nice pistol! The HC model holds 17 rounds. I can't believe you can buy
such a nice pistol for so little money. The trigger should smooth out with use.
I did get a few FTE jams with Winchester white box. Premium ammo was no problem.
After breaking in the recoil spring, the cheap ammo should feed fine. Accuracy
with the 4.2" barrel was above average for a new gun. This is a popular military
and police sidearm in South America. A buddy of mine has an older Bersa 9mm with
about 3000 trouble free rounds through it.